More on our website, bbc. Co. Uk news, and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. The worlds most profitable company, saudi aramco, announced plans to go public. And the us commerce secretary, wilbur ross, is in asia amid the ongoing trade war. Hello and welcome to this monday edition of Asia Business report. I am sharanjit edition of Asia Business report. I am shara njit leyl. Edition of Asia Business report. I am sharanjit leyl. We begin with saudi arabias giant state oil company aramco. It is the worlds most profitable company, and it finally kickstarted its share sale on sunday. The firm offered few specifics on the number of shares to be sold. Its pricing, or the date for a launch. Kate prescott has more. Saudi arabia produces a 10th of the worlds oil. Managing that makes this very Unusual Company the most profitable in the world. This flotation has been years in the pipeline. We are the leading company when it comes to energy. We have the highe
We start in india, on a huge day for this woman, finance minister nirmala sitharaman. She is the first woman to run indias finances since indira ghandi, almost half a century ago. And in the next hour or so, we will find out how she plans to reinvigorate one of the worlds biggest economies, as she delivers the first budget of Narendra Modis new government, following his landslide election victory a month ago. And there are some big challenges. Indiasjobless rate hit 6. 1 in 2018, the highest in 45 years. That means 30 Million People looking for work, and awkward questions for a Prime Minister who promised to create millions of newjobs. The rate of Economic Growth slipped again last year to 6. 8 , the weakest in five years, and in the first three months of this year, it has fallen further. The government also needs to find money for the welfare programmes it has already announced, including over 12 billion to support struggling farmers. Indians are also demanding better infrastructure,
We take a look at how it changed the world. And well be getting the inside track on the past week in business with events in asia taking centre stage from the 620 meeting in japan to the protests in hong kong. And, amazon may be celebrating its birthday, but today we want to know whether you think the Online Retail giant been a force for good or not in the Retail Sector . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start in india, on a huge day for this woman finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Shes the first woman to run indias finances since Indira Ghandi almost half a century ago. Weve been finding out how she plans to reinvigorate one of the worlds biggest economies, as she delivers the first budget of Narendra Modis new government, following his landslide election victory a month ago. And there are some big challenges. Indias jobless rate hit 6. 1 in 2018 the highest in 45 years. That means 30 Million People looking for work and awkward que
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